The Capital Combo
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League Night Recap for 7/21/15
The selected games for the second meeting of Season 5 were Fish Tales (new at the Avenue), World Cup Soccer, Medieval Madness, and Getaway. Chris was so excited about the prospect of playing Fish Tales’ video mode that he kept saying “I want to shoot waterskiers!” in, for some reason, a Marvin the Martian voice. I asked…
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Results for League Night #2, Season 5, 7/21/15
[table id=19 /] These results are tentative, pending some makeup games.
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League Night Recap for 7/7/15
July 7 was opening night for Season 5. It’s amazing to think we are starting a fifth season already! In addition to most of the usual suspects, we had a new joiner, the Avenue’s own Jimmy, and the return of one of the original League stalwarts, Amanda, who had temporarily dropped out in favor of…
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League Night Preview: 7/21/15
Tonight is the second meeting of Season 5 of the Lansing Pinball League. The custom is always to play any game that is new to the venue, plus others that are randomly selected. The new game this time is Fish Tales. I have made a couple of visits to the Avenue to practice on it…
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Results for League Night #1, Season 5, 7/7/15
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Heather and Mike S. Win Super-Ball IV
Regular readers know I am a strong believer in the adage “better late than never.” So with the new season beginning in just a few hours, what better time to report on May’s post-season Zen (split flipper) tournament? Look, I went to Europe almost right afterward on important philosopher business. And then the rest of…
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League Night Preview: 7/7/15
It’s time to begin another season of the Lansing Pinball League. It’s hard to believe, but this is going to be the fifth season. I joined during the third meeting of the first season, and it hardly seems like so much time could have passed already. The league is still going strong – growing, in fact. Capital…
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Season 5 Kicking Off July 7
Season 5 of the Lansing Pinball League is set to begin on July 7. This season is the first with a new semi-monthly format, as opposed to our previous biweekly schedule. This change has been made so that we will not meet the same weeks as the semi-monthly Grand Rapids League. This season’s meetings are as…
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Zen Tourney Tonight
Tonight at 7:00 p.m. is the traditional post-season Zen Tourney. This is a split flipper tournament in which each partner may only touch one of the flipper buttons. The tournament is usually handicapped by pairing the top finishing player with the bottom, the second with the second-to-last, and so on. Because it’s impossible to know…
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Chris Finishes on Top Again, Barely
Season 4 came to an exciting conclusion on May 5, as Chris narrowly edged out Alex to continue as the league’s undefeated champion. Aaron, who kept merrily declaring that he did not care how he finished, nevertheless took third. This was the first time the Lansing Pinball League has determined final standings with a tournament.…